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Leander staff outline microtrenching permit details and limits as option for fiber expansion
Summary
City public works staff updated council on proposed microtrenching standards for fiber installation, describing typical trench size, materials and limits and a draft schedule for ordinance hearings and engineering details.
Leander public works staff on May 1 briefed the City Council on proposed permitting and technical specifications the city would use to allow microtrenching — a narrow trenching technique for installing fiber-optic lines — and the schedule for adopting related ordinance and subdivision-code updates.
Robin Lisonbee, Executive Director of Public Works, described microtrenching as a method that places “the small trench along the gutter line, lay the fibre in it, put some flowable fill, and then, yeah, move on,” and said typical trenches would be about…
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